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Need something to do on Saturday night during Star Wars Celebration VI? If so, Official Pix, Hard Rock Live and Bonnie Piesse have just the event you were looking for.

Official Pix Presents CVI Night at Hard Rock Live!
This FREE event, at Hard Rock Live - Universal CityWalk, is taking place on Saturday, August 25th. Doors open at 8:00pm and the first act starts at 8:30pm. Ages 18 & Up admitted.

Performing will be Florida rock act Seven Years Past, who just returned from Buffalo, NY where they recorded their new CD with Robby Takac of The Goo Goo Dolls producing. Joining Seven Years Past will be The Deepest Red, convention scene favorite Sci-Fried, and kicking off the evening...BONNIE PIESSE, who fans will know for her role as Beru Lars in Star Wars: Episode II & III.

Tickets for this show are FREE! Simply email celebration6hardrock@hotmail.com with your name, the address you'd like the tickets mailed to and how many tickets you would like. Advanced ticket reservations are suggested, but there will be a limited amount of tickets available at ticket drops during Celebration VI to be announced.

PLEASE NOTE - No costumes are allowed inside Hard Rock Live. Bonnie Piesse's appearance is courtesy of C2 Ventures/Official Pix. No autographs are permitted at the event. This is an 18 & up show.

Thomas Jane is showing us just how much the Punisher character means to him. Using his own time and money he's taken on the role of Frank Castle again in this awesomely violent short film which also stars Ron Perlman. With the rights to The Punisher films reverting back to Marvel, hopefully they'll see this and take notice.

Nintendo's going to be upping its online gaming presence with the Wii U, and now it's confirmed that you won't be required to pay extra for those features, like you would with Xbox Live Gold. Company president Satoru Iwata confirmed the detail at Nintendo's annual shareholder's meeting, as reported by Andriasang.

Iwata didn't rule out the possibility of a paid service that allows users on other, non-Wii U devices to connect to the Nintendo Network. He also made it clear that a paid subscription model isn't right for the upcoming console, arguing that freely available online features will encourage hardware and software sales. That said, seeing as we're still not really sure of how the Wii U's online features will operate, it's probably best to just relax and wait for more details to be revealed.

Nuketown, arguably the most popular Call Of Duty map of all time, is getting a futuristic makeover and being offered as a pre-order incentive for Black Ops 2.

IGN reports that one of their readers submitted a picture taken at Irish retailer Xtravision in which the map is shown to be called Nuketown 2025. According to the image, the map has been “re-imagined for the future.”

One of the big questions on everyone's minds since the announcement that Total Recall was being remade was if there would be any three breasted prostitutes like there was in the original. Well a new trailer dropped today and it confirms that there is indeed a three breasted prostitute in the remake.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled Blu-ray set is now available for pre-order. The set includes Marvel's The Avengers on Blu-ray 3D and Blu-Ray, Captain America: The First Avenger on Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray, Thor on Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray, Iron Man 2 on Blu-ray, The Incredible Hulk on Blu-ray, Iron Man on Blu-ray, Bonus Disc: The Phase One Archives on Blu-ray, and collectible packaging and memorabilia. Pre-order price is $189.99 http://www.phase1avengersassembled.com/add_to_cart.html

If you didn't brave the madness of brick and mortar Black Friday sales today, you can still get some awesome deals on video games on X-Box Live. But don't delay, these prices are only good for today. The crown jewel of this post Thanksgiving sale is Marvel Vs Capcom 2, which is going for just 320 MS Points, or a little less than four dollars if you fudge the math a bit. At a 73 percent discount, that's pretty good -- especially since an actual hard copy of the game is damn near impossible to find.